Firefighter 1

Ropes, Webbing, Knots

100

The oldest and most common tool used by firefighters

What is rope

200

This rope includes polyester, nylon, Polysteel and Kevlar

What is synthetic fiber rope

300

Uniformly intertwined strands of rope together in a diagonally overlapping pattern

What is braided rope

400

This part of the rope is made by crossing the side of the bight over the standing part

What is the loop

500

This knot is particularly useful for stabilizing long objects that are being hoisted

What is a half-hitch

Tactical Ventilation

100

The movement of air toward burning fuel and movement of smoke out of the compartment

What is air flow

200

Warning signs of possible unsafe roof conditions

What is melting asphalt, spongy roof, smoke or fire coming from the roof

300

This cut is strictly defensive and should NOT be confused with or used as offensive vertical ventilation

What is a trench cut

400

Phenomenon of a strong air draft moving from ground level to the roof level of a building

What is stack effect

500

Tendency of smoke, heat and other products of combustion to rise until they encounter a horizontal obstruction

What is horizontal smoke spread

Water Supply

100

A hydrant that receives water from only one direction

What is a dead-end hydrant

200

Floating strainers can draft water from sources as shallow as

What is 24 inches

300

Hydrants that are designed to have water inside them at all times

What is wet-barrel hydrant

400

Class B hydrant with a flow of 500-999 gpm

What is an orange top

500

This standard requires mobile water supply apparatus on level ground to be capable of dumping or filling at rates of at least 1,000 gpm

What is NFPA 1901 Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus

SCBA

100

How Much air do we fill our SCBA cylinders with

2216

200

What Does PASS stand for?

Personal Alert Safety System

300

Where can i found the RIT Pack (truck and location on truck)?

Engine 1 Back rear compartment officer side

400

At what percentage will your low air alarm go off

25%

500

What  are the NFPA standard for SCBA ?(only one needed)

NFPA 1500 or NFPA 1852, NFPA 1981

NIMS and ICS

100

What does NIMS stand for

National Incident Management System

200

What is the span of control under NIMS

range for 3-7 with and ideal of 5 being optimal

300

what is a division?

A geographic area of operational responsibility.

400

what is minimuim level required for any fire fighters

What is is-700a, and is-100a

500

When was NIMS Implimented

Feb 2003